ANOTHER AUTUMN MORNING IN NEW HAMPSHIRE'S UPPER VALLEY, ANOTHER GREAT BREAKFAST SPOT. KIND OF LIKE HOME. THE FOOD IS FRESH HOME COOKED FOOD. WE'VE HAD CUSTOMERS COME IN AND SAY OH WE HAD OUR FIRST DATE HERE WAY BACK WHEN. SO IT'S KIND OF FUN, BECAUSE PEOPLE COME BACK YEAR AFTER YEAR. EASY TO SEE WHY. THE FOUR ACES DINER IN WEST LOB NON, NEW HAMPSHIRE IS ONE OF THOSE INCREASINGLY RARE ROAD SIDE TREATS. A GENUINE WORCESTER DINING CAR DINER, OFFICIALLY NUMBER 837, THANK YOU. THE DINER WAS BROUGHT HERE IN 1952, MOVED TO ITS PRESENT LOCATION IN 1986, AND RUN BY LEEANNE BRIGGS AND HER FAMILY FOR MANY YEARS. WHEN NEW OWNERS COULDN'T MAKE IT GO AND THE DINER CLOSED BRIEFLY, LEEANNE AND FAMILY RODE TO THE RESCUE. YOU STEPPED BACK IN TO SAVE THE DINER. YES. IT WAS WORTH SAVING, MOST OF THE MAIN ROOM IS ENTIRELY ORIGINAL. THE COFFEE IS HOT, THE FOOD IS GOOD, AND THE CUSTOMERS CLEARLY FEEL LUCKY THAT THE FOUR ACES PLAYED THROUGH A TOUGH HAND AND SURVIVED. YUMMY. ALWAYS GOT SOMETHING DIFFERENT. REGULAR? YES, ALMOST EVERY DAY. DID I MENTION THE CORN BEEF HASH? WELL FORTIFIED, WE CROSSED THE CONNECTICUT RIVER BY CAR THIS TIME. AND HEADED FOR NORWICH, VERMONT JUST OVER THE BORDER. YOU KNOW THAT OLD SAYING ABOUT A NEW ENGLAND GENERAL STORE? AT UPPER VALLEY LANDMARK DAN AND WHITS, IT'S PRETTY TRUE. WE'RE A GENERAL STORE THAT HAS A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING, WE'RE THE PREDECESSOR TO WAL-MART. OUR MOTTO IS IF WE DON'T HAVE IT, YOU DON'T NEED IT. AND 98% OF THE TIME THAT'S TRUE. HE BOUGHT THE STORE IN 1955, THEY'VE OWNED IT SINCE THE 1970'S. WE DON'T LIKE TO CHANGE ANYTHING UNLESS WE HAVE TO. HOW OLD IS THIS? OLDER THAN I CAN REMEMBER, PROBABLY A COUPLE HUNDRED YEARS OLD. STILL WORKS FINE, STILL INSPECTED EVERY YEAR BY THE STATE OF VERMONT. A CUSTOMER CAN BE FOR GIVEN FOR FOR GETTING WHAT IT WAS THEY CAME IN FOR. THERE IS EVERYTHING YOU MIGHT EXPECT TO FIND, OR NOT. PEOPLE EXPECT TO FIND A WINE CELLAR HERE? NO, PEOPLE ARE PRETTY SURPRISED WHEN I BRING THEM DOWN. BUT THE BASEMENT AND COZY IF CLUTTERED STORE FRONT ASIDE, REGULARS KNOW THAT'S ONLY A SMALL PART OF THE PICTURE HERE. IT'S THE FABLED BACK AREA, WHERE AN ASTOUNDING LABYRINTH OF AISLES STOCKED TO THE CEILING REALLY DOES CONJURE A KIND OF CRAZY OLD YANKEE VERSION OF A SUPER STORE. HAS ANYBODY EVER ASKED YOU FOR SOMETHING THAT LOW AND BEHOLD YOU DON'T HAVE? OCCASIONALLY IT HAPPENS AND QUITE OFTEN IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS MORE MODERN TECHNOLOGY WHICH WE AREN'T QUITE UP TO SPEED ON YET. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE TREND STICKS BEFORE WE INVEST IN IT. A BIT SOUTH, TRADITION IS SOMETHING THEY ALSO HAVE A KEEN APPRECIATION FOR IN CROYDON, NEW HAMPSHIRE. IN ESSENCE IT'S LIKE THE PLACE THAT TIME SITS STILL. CROYDON IS SQUARE IN THE HEART OF NEW HAMPSHIRE'S UPPER VALLEY, THE OLD RED SCHOOL HOUSE IS CLEARLY CLOSE TO THE HEART OF THE CROYDON COMMUNITY. AND WHY NOT? AFTER ALL, IT'S THE OLDEST STILL OPERATING ONE-ROOM SCHOOL HOUSE IN AMERICA. WERE YOU IMPRESSED BY THAT? WELL, I GUESS. YEAH. THE ONLY REASON I REALLY LIKE THIS PLACE IS SO THAT I CAN FIND THE BATHROOM EASIER. WELL, YOU CAN SEE WHY. BUT IT ISN'T JUST THE FACT THAT'S MADE OUT OF BRICK THAT HELPED IT TO SURVIVE SO LONG HERE. PROBABLY A BIGGER FACTOR IS THAT THE PEOPLE HERE IN CROYDON ARE BOUND AND DETERMINED THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP THEIR LITTLE ONES IN TOWN, THE PARENTS GET THEIR ARMS AROUND THE THING AND THEY KNOW THE TEACHERS, THEY KNOW ALL THE OTHER KIDS, AND THEY JUST FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WITH IT. AND TEACHING K THROUGH 3 IT ACTUALLY WORKS. PHENOMINALLY. I THINK THIS IS AN EXTRAORDINARY SCHOOL. BECAUSE IT IS ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE GOOD ABOUT SCHOOLING. IT'S A WAY FROM ALL OF THE BUREAUCRACY OF ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE LOOK, ABOUT IT'S THAT DIRECT CONNECTION, IT'S REAL. WHAT KIND OF REACTION DO YOU GET WHEN YOU SAY THAT YOU TEACH IN A ONE ROOM SCHOOL HOUSE? A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T BELIEVE IT. THEY'RE LIKE, THERE'S STILL ONE-ROOM SCHOOL HOUSES AROUND? AND THEN WHEN I TELL THEM THAT THIS IS THE LONGEST RUNNING ONE IN THE COUNTRY, THAT'S EVEN COOLER. NOT THAT THERE AREN'T UNIQUE CHALLENGES INVOLVED HERE. YOU CAN'T JUST GO DOWN THE HALL TO ANOTHER TEACHER'S ROOM AND SAY HEY, CAN YOU WATCH THESE CHILDREN WHILE I TAKE CARE OF THIS ISSUE? AND YOU WEAR SO MANY DIFFERENT HATS. ONE THING IS CLEAR. EVERYONE WHO WORKS AND LEARNS HERE SEEMS HAPPY HERE. FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS. PERFECT SIZE FOR ME, BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE TOO BIG PLACES OR TOO SMALL PLACES. SO A ONE-ROOM SCHOOL HOUSE IS PERFECT FOR YOU? YEAH, AND THERE'S ENOUGH BATHROOMS FOR EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. THAT'S SUPPORT. THEY DON'T GET CUTER. SO WE MENTIONED THAT THE CROYDON VILLAGE SCHOOL IS THE LONGEST RUNNING ONE-ROOM SCHOOL HOUSE, BUT IT IS NOT THE ONLY ONE-ROOM SCHOOL HOUSE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. RIGHT THE BLUE SCHOOL HOUSE IN LANDHAM, ALSO STILL IN OPERATION. AND THE OLDEST STILL STANDING ONE-ROOM SCHOOL HOUSE IS ALSO IN NEW ENGLAND, IT'S IN PORTSMOUTH, RHODE ISLAND. JUST NOT OPERATING. BUT IT'S STILL STANDING. WE GOT IT. SORT OF. WHEN YOU RUN A MOTEL DRIVE IN, IT'S AN OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD. SOMEBODY DID THE OLD OOPS, I FORGOT THE SPEAKER WAS STILL IN

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